WWII Technology
Across
- 2. Detects, locates, tracks, and recognizes objects at considerable distances by transmitting electromagnetic energy and observing the echoes returned.
- 6. Developed in the midst of a race between the Axis and Allied powers during the war. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- 7. A heavily armed and armored combat vehicle that moves on two endless metal chains.
- 9. Shoulder-type rocket launcher adopted by the U.S. Army. It was developed chiefly for attacking tanks and fortified positions at short range.
- 10. One of the first general-purpose computers. Capable of performing thousands of calculations in a second. The US government released it to the general public early in 1946.
Down
- 1. An offensive weapon in naval warfare that goes really deep underwater.
- 3. Invented by Vesta Stoudt, it is a sturdier, waterproof tape made for U.S. military ammo cases.
- 4. An antibiotic that increased survival rates for injured soldiers. Was created accidentally.
- 5. Germany's "vengeance weapon" during World War II. Was the most powerful rocket of its time.
- 8. Vehicle used by the U.S. military, created to be light, maneuverable, and to hold 3 soldiers at once.